Abolition Of Agricultural Tax Discussion

Presently, there are so many agricultural taxes and fees that the peasants have to bear a heavy burden. The farmers' heavy burden is related a lot to the current Agricultural Tax System, which are a history product and the result of our country's long-term evolvement. But the farmers' burden now is much heavier when compared with that of the history.On one hand, the current Agricultural Tax System has contributed a lot to the industrialization of our country, on the other hand, it has some big weaknesses too. It is the product of industrialization and has the characteristic of exploiting the agriculture obviously. Its ambiguous nature, high tax rate, and the character of the local taxes make the farmers' burden heavier. In short, the current system becomes the chains of the further economic development.The main points of view in the theory field and the program being carried out in our country both think that the Reform of Agricultural Tax can lighten the farmers" burden. But through the analysis of the theories and the cases, we can find that the Reform didn't touch the core problem. Second, a lot of farmers do not support the Reform because their burden is still not lightened. Third, the Reform cannot resolve the problems of rural elementary education and villages and towns deficits. At last. the imperfect program makes it hard to perform the reform. So, the effect of the Reform is doubtful and it may not be successful.To lighten the farmers' burden indeed, the current system must be reformed. Abolishing the agricultural tax will not only lighten the farmers' burden, but also in the long run, be good to realize our country's modernization. And now, to abolish the agriculture taxes is either essential or feasible.Since some important financial expenditure mainly depends on the taxes and fees, especially the village and the town deficits and the elementary education, the program of abolishing the agricultural taxes and fees must be able to solve the two problems. We can rely on increasing revenue and retrenching expenditures to solvethe former problem. To solve the latter one, the national policy on the elementary education needs to be changed.The agricultural tax should be canceled and the new unification of Urban and Rural tax system should be established. There exist the possibilities and necessities. In addition, after that, the perfect supporting system of agriculture must be built up.